Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy, BS (Boston)

Artificial Intelligence Requirements

Computer Science Overview

Complete the following in alignment with your home college:

1. CS 1200

   First Year Seminar

   or: PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern

   or: INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
   1
2. CS 1210

   Professional Development for Khoury Co-op

   or: EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
   1

Fundamental Courses

All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.

1. CS 1800

   Discrete Structures
   4
2. CS 2000and CS 2001

   Introduction to Program Design and Implementationand Lab for CS 2000

   Not resolved to a course
   5
3. CS 2100and CS 2101

   Program Design and Implementation 1and Lab for CS 2100

   Not resolved to a course
   5
4. CS 3200

   Introduction to Databases
   4
5. DS 3500

   Advanced Programming with Data
   4

Artificial Intelligence Foundations

1. DS 3000

   Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
   4
2. DS 4200

   Information Presentation and Visualization
   4
3. DS 4300

   Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
   4
4. DS 4400

   Machine Learning
   4
5. DS 4420

   Advanced Machine Learning

   or: DS 4440 Modern Neural Networks
   4

Khoury Approved Electives

With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.

1. Complete 4 semester hours from within the following ranges:

   Not resolved to a course
   4

CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010

CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930

DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

1. EECE 2160

   Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
   4
2. EECE 2322and EECE 2323

   Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organizationand Lab for EECE 2322

   Not resolved to a course
3. MKTG 4606

   Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum
   4

Philosophy Requirements

1. PHIL 1115

   4 Foreign Language

   As published: “Introduction to Logic”
   4
2. PHIL 1145

   4 Khoury Elective 4 Elective

   As published: “Technology and Human Values”
   4
3. PHIL 2325

   Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought

   or: POLS 2325 Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought

   or: PHIL 2330 Modern Philosophy
   4
4. PHIL 4515

   Advanced Deductive Logic

   or: PHIL 4516 Advanced Inductive Logic
   4

Philosophy Electives

1. Complete two additional PHIL courses, one of which must be at the 3000 level or above.

   Not resolved to a course
   8

Critical Philosophy Elective

1. Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. AFCS 1101

   Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
   4
3. PHIL 1104

   Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
4. PHIL 1271

   Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
5. PHIL 2155

   Human Rights
6. PHIL 2410

   Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions

   As published: “Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions”
   4
7. PHIL 2619

   Race and Religion in Film

   Not resolved to a course
8. PHIL 3492

   Indigenous Philosophy

   Not resolved to a course
9. PHIL 3512

   Religion, Race, and Politics

   Not resolved to a course
10. PHIL 3822

    Philosophy of Race and Racism

Integrative Requirement

1. PHIL 3050

   Information and Uncertainty

   or: PHIL 1300 Knowledge in a Digital World

   or: PHIL 2001 Ethics and Evolutionary Games
   4
2. PHIL 5005

   Information Ethics

   or: PHIL 4050 Artificial Intelligence and Society

   or: PHIL 5010 AI Ethics
   4

Supporting Courses

Mathematics Requirement

1. MATH 1341

   (FQ)

   As published: “Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering”
   4

Statistics Foundation

1. ECON 2350

   Statistics for Economists
   4

Writing Requirement

College Writing

1. ENGW 1111

   First-Year Writing
   4

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. ENGW 3302

   Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
   4
3. ENGW 3309

   Advanced Writing in the Humanities
   4
4. ENGW 3315

   Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
   4

Required General Electives

1. Complete 28 semester hours of general electives.

   Not resolved to a course
   28